5/24/2011 @ 11:10AM

Gallery: 10 Of The World's Most Expensive Comfort Foods

Pizza

For most of us, a gourmet pizza means a pie that comes topped with cured Italian meats or quality cheeses. But Chef Renato Viola of Salerno, Italy, has taken the high-quality pizza to an extreme. To create each one of his limted-edition signature Louis XIII pies, he pulls together eight different types of cheese, and adds a variety of caviar and lobster. The pizza is then seasoned with pink salt from an Australian river, each grain of which is hand-picked. You can order the meal anywhere in Italy, and Renato will send a small team of chefs to prepare it for you. Each pie requires a 72-hour notice and will set you back $12,000.